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Brazil–Guyana relations

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João Figueiredo with the goal of linking Boa Vista and Georgetown. In 1989, Guyana's next president, Desmond Hoyte worked out financing with President José Sarney, using a Brazilian construction firm to build the highway. In 2003, another series of agreements were signed by President Bharrat Jagdeo also included a deep harbour project.
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Creating an overland link to the Caribbean has been a long-standing point of interest between both countries, Brazil wanting an overland link to the Caribbean and Guyana having easy access to Brazilian markets. In 1982, an agreement was signed by President Forbes Burnham and his counterpart President
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The earliest diplomatic efforts between Guyana and Brazil were to establish the borders between the major colonial powers, in 1904 an arbitral decision divided disputed territorial claims between Brazil and Britain and 1936, the Tri-junction Point Agreement established the border between Brazil,
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In 2016, during the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of Guyana's independence, the Brazilian government officially changed the way it spelled the name of its neighbouring country, from the colonial form
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is hosted at the Brazilian embassy in Georgetown every year with the Brazil–Guyana Cultural Centre which promotes Brazilian culture through Portuguese classes and other cultural activities.
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decreed "ownership" of a nine-mile strip of ocean off Guyana's three-mile territorial sea limits, the Brazilian government showed support to Guyana in the controversy with Venezuela.
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Ptolemy Reid visited Brazil for discussions with leaders of the Brazilian government. As a result, the Brazilian government announced the opening of a Brazilian
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The Brazil–Guyana Joint Commission for Infrastructure Development was created in 2017 during President David Granger's visit to Brazil.
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on 2 March 2007, the governments of Guyana and Brazil signed several cooperation agreements and announced plans to boost
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was the first land connection between Brazil and Guyana. In 2012, Guyana joined
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Aerial view of the Guyanese-Brazilian border along the Rio Maú/Ireng River
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continent. In 1968, immediately after Venezuelan President
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activity with Brazil. In the case of Guyana's border with
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as an Associate State; Brazil was already a full member.
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After Guyanese independence in 1966 there was intense
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President Lula's official visit to Guyana, March 2007
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Index

Map indicating locations of Brazil and Guyana
Brazil
Guyana
Brazil
Guyana
warfare
logistics
foreign policy
integration
state visit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Georgetown
trade
British Guiana

diplomatic
Venezuela
South American
Raul Leoni
Prime Minister
embassy
Georgetown
United States
Cuban
Angolan
civil war
Brazilian military government
anti-communist
military operation
Suriname

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